I am currently sitting at my grandparent’s house in Long Island, New York. I have been back in the states for a week and am finally coming to terms with the fact that my month abroad is over. I have yet to post anything new about my trip because I have been having a hard time accepting that it is over. I wish I had been able to post more while I was away, but my Wifi was rarely strong enough to load WordPress.
Going to Europe was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I have been to Europe several times before, but I never immersed myself into European life as much as I did last month. I spent every single day walking around new cities and just absorbing everything around me. And do not even get me started about staying in hostels. Some of them were pretty rough (what is with Europe and no AC?!), but it was an experience I will cherish forever.
While in Paris, I got these crazy flashbacks of being 5 and 6 years old and running around the same places in Paris that we went to this time around. It was an amazing sensation of déjà vu and I loved every minute of it. After Paris, we took the TGV train to Avignon and then drove to Malaucène. In Malaucène, we stayed in a house that we had stayed in back in 2000 and 2001 (when I was 5 and 6 years old). It was so wonderful to be back and it completely warmed my heart.
Experiencing European culture is such a gift. It is great to see how different (yet slightly similar) the culture is from country to country throughout Europe. I can seriously go on forever about how amazing and life changing my trip was, but I would rather break it up into several posts. I cannot wait to tell you all about the amazing restaurants that my parents took my sister and I to throughout France. I am also excited to give you all tips of things not to miss when you head to the same cities that I got to go to.
Keep an eye out. These posts are coming. I promise!
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